convore.json/groups/take2/the-take-2-forum-is-closing-down/messages.json

[{"user_id": 31927, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307524020.279403, "message": "Go look.  Darric alerted me to this.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1335106}, {"user_id": 31753, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307524802.8172901, "message": "Was good while it lasted...", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1335166}, {"user_id": 32057, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307525914.0908101, "message": "It will be missed.Wonder what will happen with that DB?", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1335223}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307524389.269767, "message": "http://i.imgur.com/IWz0q.jpg", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1335133}, {"user_id": 32282, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307524271.3479569, "message": "Like a million voices cried out and were suddenly silenced.... Imagine all of the hours some of us spent crafting posts on that forum. It's going to be interesting how well Take 2 does without its founders. One reason I used to support it was that it was run by real, accessible people, unlike the call centre droids at Kalahari.net. That said, as long the pricing and service remains constant, I'll probably still shop there out of habit.\n", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1335129}, {"user_id": 31852, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307524890.8284459, "message": "End of an era :(", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1335173}, {"user_id": 35599, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307527676.1493621, "message": "As far as I know it will be kept as an read-only forum", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1335337}, {"user_id": 31927, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307534465.445334, "message": "Well, at least I WIN!\n\nhttp://i.min.us/idd0Rs.png", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1336174}, {"user_id": 31852, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307537130.0536029, "message": "It says a lot about that forum that we've actually made the effort to replicate the community / experience elsewhere. And that some honest-to-goodness, real-world-and-everything friendships emerged from it (oh god, stop me now please). I don't think Dawid or MrGenuchi would've let me stay over at their houses if they hadn't known me from the forums (I know this because non-forumites have turned me away when I showed up at their doors, suitcase in hand).", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1336580}, {"user_id": 32057, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307534794.922374, "message": "Dang, double my high score!", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1336204}, {"user_id": 31927, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307537326.1988189, "message": "Tangent:  Anyone remember vurtspace.org?  It was a forum started by Vaz for the old TSM members after TSM went under.  He tried to get me to register there, but I never did.  Didn't really like the crowd there so much.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1336595}, {"user_id": 31927, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307536336.6200221, "message": "You know, one thing I always liked about the Take 2 forums was the egalitarianism.  No \"n00b\", no \"junior member\", no \"journeyman\", no \"senior member\", no \"grand arch-wizard poohbah\", and no bloody self-important moderators among the userbase.\n\nJust a couple of guys running the thing, and a bunch of people chatting.  That was it.\n\n\"User ranks\" is just one of the many, many things I find endlessly irritating about the average modern web forum.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1336483}, {"user_id": 31927, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307536153.235697, "message": "Look, it's about the only multiplayer game I'm ever likely to win with YOU LOT.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1336453}, {"user_id": 31927, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307536772.737432, "message": "@ZAnimus Actually, the end of two eras. Quite a few of us came over from the old TSM forum.\n\nI still tend to think of Take 2 as \"the new thing\".  It feels like yesterday that Neil and Renier came to visit me where I was working on the UWC campus to tell me about the new venture they were starting out on, and to discuss some technical details.  Over weak, bad coffee in the student centre caf, as I recall.\n\n*sniff*", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1336537}, {"user_id": 31753, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307537384.3549609, "message": "Yeah, I recall that. It had it's moments, but never really took off...", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1336603}, {"user_id": 31927, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307537578.196228, "message": "Which people forum have you all met?  I guess that's probably a silly question since for many of you the answer is \"almost everyone\".  I met surprisingly few, actually.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1336627}, {"user_id": 31852, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307538618.320267, "message": "Hmm, let's see. In rough chronological order, mine would be Dawid, Wiley1ZA, Merkaba, Darric, Choffel, Alphawolf, Surrey, Yakumo, Dante, Stunic, Byproduct, MrGenuchi, Denouncer, Noodle and Kangaruan.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1336787}, {"user_id": 32057, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307538620.943902, "message": "Just about all of them, anyone that stays in JHB or has come up for a rAge.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1336788}, {"user_id": 31927, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307540507.538434, "message": "Hi Neil!  Yeah, good for you guys.  I'll buy you a Bratwurst when you come up to Berlin.  :)", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1337162}, {"user_id": 31866, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307540527.022526, "message": "Wow, definitely the end of an era. RIP Take2 forums!", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1337170}, {"user_id": 35612, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307540423.423238, "message": "As expected. Mr_V I remember the day at UWC like yesterday. Good memories. Now I'm sitting at home doing pretty much nothing for the moment. Fortunately the Take2 sale has enabled me to do this.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1337143}, {"user_id": 31927, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307540455.7681789, "message": "Let's see.  I knew Neil, Waine and Renier before Take 2.  I met LauChan when we figured out we lived *literally* 2 minutes' walk from each other.  Then I met Chantal, and through her I also met Terrance and Stuart. One night at Chantal's there were a bunch of forum people, but I was in a mad rush and didn't get everyone's names. \"antimatter\" was there, and I think Roger too (though he denies it). Oh, and I met Sergio (Segaserg) when I bought some games off him after he'd already left the forum. I think that's it, for me.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1337151}, {"user_id": 31927, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307540691.6185219, "message": "Tell her hi!  (She's on here too, BTW.)", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1337222}, {"user_id": 31927, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307542996.6518109, "message": "I miss PeterC.  Let's invite him here.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1337550}, {"user_id": 31866, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307540775.8232219, "message": "Met Byproduct, Dominee(endiesekssmse), Yukio, Groenhoender, Boerseun, Stunic and a few others. I brought AlphaWolf along for the ride and became good friends and still stay in contact with many of you guys. Definitely was an awesome forum.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1337245}, {"user_id": 31927, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307540558.7234721, "message": "I see some people on the Take 2 Facebook page are \u2026\u00a0displeased.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1337180}, {"user_id": 35612, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307540667.9144471, "message": ":) We'll be meeting Chantal next week Friday for lunch and beers. She'll be in Cape Town for a few days.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1337219}, {"user_id": 31927, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307542732.9125781, "message": "Ahahaha.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1337503}, {"user_id": 31927, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307542355.7110779, "message": "@Jevous You MET Boerseun?  You're like\u2026\u00a0a god to me.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1337443}, {"user_id": 33318, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307542541.781013, "message": "Oh hang on, I also met Badlander. I'm sure I'm missing others", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1337476}, {"user_id": 31927, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307542406.6427181, "message": "@dawid22 Yeah, that's a thing all right.  A gaming forum where this many people were passionate enough about games that they ended up working in the industry.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1337450}, {"user_id": 31852, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307543782.615665, "message": "@dawid Nope, never met Nintendude. I only met his brother.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1337656}, {"user_id": 33318, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307542291.8126659, "message": "In random order (my classic style) I met: Hermes, Chantal, MrG, Noodl3, Gray, Merkaba, Wakeangel, Wiley1ZA, Darric, Alphawolf, Denouncer, Nintendude (ZAnimus, you met him too). Truth be told, my online/offline social network has revolved around the Take 2 forums fir many years now. I remember that I was trying to track down some hard-to-find Gamecube games when I found this once flourishing 'Nintendo lovers', who over the years changed somewhat. What I did enjoy in general was that most on the forums actually all had such unique personalities. Also, I find it astonishing how many of us (regular visitors) are involved in the games industry.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1337438}, {"user_id": 31866, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307542598.5291669, "message": "@Mr_V I met him, we played Zelda Four Swords together. True story.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1337481}, {"user_id": 32282, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307542709.42312, "message": "I once delivered a pizza to PeterC. But the only other people I've met are Dawid (last year at E3) and Bemused Tinuviel (briefly at the Kinect launch in Jhb)", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1337502}, {"user_id": 33318, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307542855.5431359, "message": "Yes, that was bizarre. Chantal, Lance and I all randomly met up at this event without any previously arranged plans.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1337523}, {"user_id": 31866, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307542857.8369069, "message": "I just replaced the Take2 forums bookmark in my bookmarks bar with the Convore one. Wasn't easy.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1337524}, {"user_id": 31866, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307543794.8278711, "message": "@Buffel *sniff*", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1337659}, {"user_id": 35617, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307543454.5346961, "message": "Ones I've met... byproduct, CaptainHamsack (the two of them are actually flatmates now and live pratically round the corner from me), Merkaba, Wakeangl, stunic... I think that's about it.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1337613}, {"user_id": 35617, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307543477.0905731, "message": "And Jevous was supposed to join byproduct, stunic, Hamsack and myself in Japan earlier this year...", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1337620}, {"user_id": 35617, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307543968.167187, "message": "@Jevous We tried our best to make you jealous. ;)", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1337689}, {"user_id": 31866, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307544282.2709301, "message": "Well you succeeded. :(", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1337749}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307554055.3182559, "message": "I've met ... Hermes, Merkaba, Wakeangl, Alphawolf, Dante, Choffel/BT, Yakumo, Stunic (I think more or less in one big sweep), then later, byproduct, Dawid, MrG and Denouncer. I'm avoiding Mr_V so as not to ruin the magic.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1339496}, {"user_id": 31753, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307552887.777904, "message": "Hmmm. I've met Noodle, anacreon, Grey... Of course Neil and Waine (still during TSM days).", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1339317}, {"user_id": 31852, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307555112.2604401, "message": "We should make this more interesting and list all the forum members we've sang in front of :)", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1339652}, {"user_id": 31852, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307555135.757756, "message": "Or is it \"sung\"? I always get confused.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1339655}, {"user_id": 31927, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307555957.6961999, "message": "@Neilan Yeah.  Last time you had \"a cold\".", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1339769}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307555471.8067219, "message": "I think it's safe to say that none of us has sung in front of any other, in any real sense of the word. ;P", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1339714}, {"user_id": 33318, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307562628.8613329, "message": "Good thing that I refuse singing. I can comment on some others though...", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1341598}, {"user_id": 35617, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307600876.5712841, "message": "I'm pretty sure Hamsack and byproduct have video evidence somewhere of me singing karaoke.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1346831}, {"user_id": 32057, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307623307.6594059, "message": "@Jevous I did the same thing... Was difficult to click accept.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1349350}, {"user_id": 32282, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307695679.2875509, "message": "Damn, why did they tell you first?", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1358694}, {"user_id": 31753, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307696304.7767439, "message": "I even got it twice. They seem to have my old email on file.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1358774}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307695559.679642, "message": "A name change too: http://i.imgur.com/iTwvI.jpg", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1358682}, {"user_id": 32282, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307695320.377914, "message": "Seem to be big changes afoot - http://www.take2.co.za/comingsoon/comingsoon.html", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1358641}, {"user_id": 31927, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307696150.2019069, "message": "Oh EXCUSE US, you preferred customers, you.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1358753}, {"user_id": 31927, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307695728.641057, "message": "Judging by that banner, the changes did NOT include hiring a graphical designer.\n\nAnyway, name change?  How wise that is depends on how well the brand was liked, I guess.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1358702}, {"user_id": 31753, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307696017.1682141, "message": "Just got that email too. Hmmm.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1358741}, {"user_id": 31927, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307696547.700227, "message": "Ah, my old account on Take 2 is still alive.  *sniff*  Good times, good times\u2026\n\nhttp://i.min.us/idqywq.png", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1358813}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307696606.256788, "message": "For a second there, I thought you'd placed your first order in 1984, which wouldn't have surprised me *at all*.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1358827}, {"user_id": 31927, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307697093.2476981, "message": "https://twitter.com/take2cozagames/status/79106892097536000", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1358904}, {"user_id": 31927, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307696680.399936, "message": "If you care to wait a little, I can show you some photos of games I bought in 1984.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1358845}, {"user_id": 32282, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307697217.8594019, "message": "Starting with renaming the person running the Twitter account, one presumes? :p", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1358928}, {"user_id": 31927, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307697978.4334199, "message": "Let's not expect too much now, shall we?", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1359026}, {"user_id": 35612, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307699347.647373, "message": "I must have missed this before leaving. I removed my name now.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1359212}, {"user_id": 31753, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307699607.0188191, "message": "This is the real news. L.A. Noire for the PC: http://i.imgur.com/wluaG.png", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1359238}, {"user_id": 35701, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307700112.1605401, "message": "I can't wait for the changes to be complete, it'll be the last bit of the cord being cut. For as long as it still appears like what I was involved in it its been harder to let go.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1359263}, {"user_id": 32282, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307709975.2390571, "message": "I hear that erstwhile MIH/Multichoice hot-shot Kim Reid is the new CEO. Pretty high-powered stuff.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1360340}, {"user_id": 31927, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307786212.9404991, "message": "http://i.min.us/idbIrW.png", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1369324}, {"user_id": 35612, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307796252.7544439, "message": "The old site is back it is very slow at the moment, and the bigger cover images aren't loading.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1369806}, {"user_id": 33318, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307819669.2398219, "message": "Oh no. Takealot?", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1371093}, {"user_id": 33191, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307818237.4563789, "message": "Dawid, Mr Genuchi, Choffel, Gray, Noodle, Buffel, Hamsack, Byproduct, Neilan, Dante, Stunic, Denouncer, Merkaba, Alphawolf, and Im sure I have left someone out. Thats how many people I had the honour of meeting. Its a pretty huge number. Feeling sad that the forum closed. It gave me the chance to talk to so many wonderful people.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1370974}, {"user_id": 31927, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307819751.9199309, "message": "Wotalotigot!", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1371101}, {"user_id": 35612, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307821063.391712, "message": "If you look around you will also find some photos of the staff.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1371206}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307822046.419559, "message": "Uuuurgh.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1371275}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307822044.823858, "message": "http://www.take2.co.za/comingsoon/gototakealot.html", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1371274}, {"user_id": 35701, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307823726.029803, "message": "For the record I want to point out that I left on the 29th of April 2011.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1371401}, {"user_id": 31927, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307829948.870513, "message": "Well obviously, because now they're \"way cooler\".  Their words.  'Struth.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1371935}, {"user_id": 31866, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307847846.3342631, "message": "Why on earth would they change the name?", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1372899}, {"user_id": 31927, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307861545.208643, "message": "Legal reasons?", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1373321}, {"user_id": 35612, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307865556.165257, "message": "Some other web feedback. http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php/341639-Anyone-know-Take-2-s-surprise", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1373456}, {"user_id": 31852, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307869733.4662709, "message": "Do you guys think that at some point we should perhaps look at moving back to some kind of a forum setup? Such as the Take2 section the cousins set up at the PS3 forums?\n\nIt's not that I don't like our little Convore community, but the more I use Convore, the more limited it seems as a forum substitute. Also, it can get slow and buggy at times, at least for me.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1373560}, {"user_id": 35612, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307874022.332366, "message": "Mr_v sent me an email at keenest@gmail.com so we can sort out our berlin dates.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1373736}, {"user_id": 31927, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307876676.97177, "message": "@ZAnimus This has some limitations as compared to a forum (but also some advantages, e.g. usable iPhone app)\u2026\u00a0but then, a forum also has some limitations as compared to a mailing list.  I don't think anything's perfect\u2026 I'm not itching to move (again), but I'm happy to go where everyone wants to go.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1373808}, {"user_id": 31927, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307876781.471411, "message": "@keenest Mail sent!", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1373814}, {"user_id": 32057, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307887494.367595, "message": "Convore is perfect for the life conversations ala E3", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1374431}, {"user_id": 32057, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307887881.7409971, "message": "Not that I am aware of.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1374447}, {"user_id": 35617, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307887854.164201, "message": "Is there an option for subcategories on Convore?", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1374446}, {"user_id": 35617, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307887794.692492, "message": "Is there an option for subcategories on Convore?", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1374443}, {"user_id": 31852, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307889305.3472791, "message": "@Buffel You'd basically just start a new group for each category.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1374470}, {"user_id": 35612, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307890963.394007, "message": "More from Myadsl. http://mybroadband.co.za/news/business/26469-take2-to-become-takealot.html", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1374511}, {"user_id": 31753, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307895461.319541, "message": "The only thing I really miss, is the ability to show who exactly you're replying to, other then that, it's all good.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1374680}, {"user_id": 31927, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307894369.3169711, "message": "The only limitation that really bugs me is the limited search facilities.  Specifically, it's almost impossible to find an old topic if you want to continue it without scrolling all the way back through pages of topics.\n\nSo yeah, maybe we should treat it more as a \"chat\" than a forum.\n\nI sometimes also miss the ability to edit my messages for style, typos, &c.  But hey, I should just learn to be more spontaneous.\n\nI could do with *italics*.  You all know how much I like my *italics*.\n\nAnd finally, the lack of those fucking ridiculous emoticons is FANTASTIC.  +10", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1374627}, {"user_id": 31927, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307894375.501677, "message": "Also, I can say \"fucking\".", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1374628}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307902840.787497, "message": "And hrm, yeah, the iPhone app does seem to lack a line break button.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1374947}, {"user_id": 33318, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307901441.097183, "message": "I just don't like the fact that I can't 'shift + enter' on the iPhone app... Or can I?", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1374857}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307902758.654597, "message": "@Broken There's a reply button!", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1374943}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307903587.767828, "message": "I definitely miss the lack of editing, and while the search seems entirely non-functional, Google makes a good substitute seeing as we're just about the only active games group here:\n\nhttp://www.google.com/search?q=convore+arkham+city\nhttp://www.google.com/search?q=convore+mass+effect+3\nhttp://www.google.com/search?q=convore+what+playing", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1375000}, {"user_id": 35612, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307904987.9326341, "message": "No offense taken. I'm in the forum game. So if you guys are serious i'm sure we can create something special for us. I also dont believe in swearing censorship, but of course i've been obliged to do this because of our other commercial interests.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1375092}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307903819.2853639, "message": "It's funny, I *was* thinking maybe it was time for a move back to a forum myself, but I really think that there's a loose informal nature here that's driving the conversation. Need I remind anyone that the forum was dead *before* it was buried?\n\nIf we *do* return to a forum, I'd personally rather establish something new than go back to the PS3za subforum, that was getting on my nerves - no offence Neil etc. - it just felt like we were trying to carve something out in someone else's basement.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1375018}, {"user_id": 31927, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307906445.029839, "message": "I think a big \"risk factor\" with Convore is that it is still a small, untested tech startup.  These come and go and get acquired and merged and what not ALL THE TIME.\n\nWhat's more, I'm thinking they haven't really engineered it or scalability just yet, so the worst might yet be to come\u2026\u00a0if Convore catches on.  Heck, Twitter had enormous growing pains when it became popular.\n\n(It makes me wish that Google Wave was just that *little bit* more usable, and survived.)", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1375216}, {"user_id": 31753, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307943535.880615, "message": "@Neilan It's not immediately evident to which comment you're replying to when reading through the conversation. The person you reply to gets an indication on the Mentions menu though.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1377582}, {"user_id": 31753, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307943584.575237, "message": "My biggest worry with a forum, is that it'll end up being somewhere that I can't access at work. The firewall is particularly restrictive. As is I can't even access the PS3za forums from work.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1377587}, {"user_id": 35617, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307949622.6485789, "message": "Haha, I wasn't even aware of the mentions menu.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1378112}, {"user_id": 31753, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307950215.0976429, "message": "@Buffel I only noticed it because Neilan replied to me!", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1378161}, {"user_id": 35617, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307950686.821897, "message": "Also: Does Takealot have anything to do with Camelot?", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1378206}, {"user_id": 31753, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307952272.586926, "message": "I guess it depends on whether you're prepared to pay a little extra.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1378306}, {"user_id": 31927, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307954228.945554, "message": "Oh my.\n\nhttp://i.min.us/idjXRg.png", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1378394}, {"user_id": 31927, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307954123.085341, "message": "/Users/visagie/Desktop/Screen shot 2011-06-13 at 10.24.33.png", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1378390}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307954903.752975, "message": "Convore's been having a bad weekend (for me at least), which is rather timely, given the discussion when/if the whole thing would start collapsing in on itself.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1378453}, {"user_id": 35612, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1307954744.843322, "message": "Convore did hang for a few minutes. I also get a Network not responding error from time to time.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1378427}, {"user_id": 35612, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1308050682.4791579, "message": "Some more news, and inaccurate info especially with regards to TSM. http://www.techcentral.co.za/take2-rebrands-shoots-for-r1bn-in-sales/23807/", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1390175}, {"user_id": 31927, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1308051134.5733471, "message": "@Neilan Building a superscalling real-time service on an end-to-end framework like Django is a seriously bad idea for Convore.  (As it was for Twitter.)", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1390203}, {"user_id": 31927, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1308051212.2069521, "message": "@keenest Even I can spot mistakes in there\u2026", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1390211}, {"user_id": 32282, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1308054862.0793681, "message": "Well, for starters R75 million isn't a 35% of R561 million It isn't even 20% of that. Also, you're not compounding the interest, which makes a huge difference.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1390430}, {"user_id": 36043, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1308055079.0116241, "message": "I misread something, and somehow got to our market being worth R250mil. Its worth R2bn. Oops. Delete delete delete.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1390447}, {"user_id": 32282, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1308055270.489059, "message": "According to my rough calculations, it's CAGR of about 70% a year, which is still ambitious. But perhaps it will be attainable if theyt have the sort of money to spend that Take 2 didn't before and if market overall keeps growing at 30% a year. \n\nKim Reid's numbers are also different from Arthur Goldstuck's: http://www.southafrica.info/business/trends/newbusiness/onlineretail-160511.htm", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1390461}, {"user_id": 36043, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1308055589.235749, "message": "Surely a sustained growth of 30% is unlikely?", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1390493}, {"user_id": 35612, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1308055816.3803539, "message": "Techcentral at least have removed the TSM references.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1390528}, {"user_id": 32282, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1308056053.195648, "message": "Man, this needs an edit button. :\"Well, for starters R75 million isn't a 35% of R 2BILLION. It isn't even 20% of that.\"", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1390556}, {"user_id": 35701, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1308080745.0929079, "message": "@lanceha - Thanks to the guys at Techcentral for correcting the article, not sure who I spoke to, but I appreciate it.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1393452}, {"user_id": 35701, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1308080548.591172, "message": "That target is\u2026.very ambitious.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1393407}, {"user_id": 35624, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1308310240.5342309, "message": "https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10150665334165704", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1418131}, {"user_id": 31753, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1308324596.3178451, "message": "Heh. I'm still not convinced on the name, but we'll see how it goes. As long as the service stays up there, I'll continue buying from them.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1420008}, {"user_id": 31927, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1308919265.7726409, "message": "Who else still reflexively clicks on their Take 2 forum bookmark all the time?", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1475963}, {"user_id": 33318, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1308922924.3218789, "message": "Yeah same here. But the TV advert I saw last night kinda reminds me that I should just remove that bookmark now.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1476364}, {"user_id": 31753, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1308981221.621624, "message": "I never bookmarked it, but I still find myself typing it into the address bar ever so often,", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1482933}, {"user_id": 36043, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1309009404.604913, "message": "There's a TV advert now? \n\nYeah, I often type it in the address bar too...", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1484018}, {"user_id": 31927, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1309085160.5028579, "message": "It's still in the \"Top Sites\" that Safari displays whenever I open a new window or tab.  It'll be interesting to see how long it takes to fall out of that\u2026 *especially* if I keep instinctively keep clicking on it like I do.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1488161}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1309113864.0284741, "message": "I only removed mine from the Chrome new tab page recently.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1490119}, {"user_id": 31927, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1309117596.6258459, "message": "I'm letting Safari's own algorithm demote it.  I\u2026\u00a0can't bear to wield the knife myself.  *sniff*\n\n(Currently it's still in the #2 position, trailing only Facebook.  *SOB*)\n\nThere.  All better now.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1490478}, {"user_id": 35612, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1309161524.4059899, "message": "We also cleaned up the Ps3ZA forum over the weekend, since T2 is no longer paying for the hosting. Feels like Spring Cleaning.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1493451}, {"user_id": 31927, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1309246784.280865, "message": "@Neilan To pick up on your post from quite a ways back:  I never really looked at how you phrased your Google queries.  You can of course search *directly* in our forum (no matter how big Convore gets), e.g.:\n\nhttp://www.google.com/search?q=arkham+city+site:convore.com/take2", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1503992}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1309251747.5889511, "message": "Right, of course! Handy, that.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1504361}, {"user_id": 25703, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1309251828.341527, "message": "Mind you, \"convore + query\" is much quicker to type and, for now, suffices.", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1504369}, {"user_id": 31927, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1309253988.43452, "message": "I think probably about one in three google queries I do contains \u201csite\u201d, so\u2026", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1504474}, {"user_id": 35612, "stars": [], "topic_id": 38598, "date_created": 1309799213.2379971, "message": "TAKEALOT.com: How to Achieve Growth in SA Online Retail\n\nhttp://iphonestuff.co.za/content/takealotcom-how-achieve-growth-sa-online-retail", "group_id": 9493, "id": 1560977}]